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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Again if you trade him on another deal this deal doesn’t happen. He had value and it was used to acquire these players. But him being one year away from free agency impacts what he is worth in this deal or any deal
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I think a lot of people would have rather seen Dougie dealt in a 1 for 1 deal is what a lot of this comes down to. The deal that happened has a lot of moving peices and some feel it muddied Dougie's value.
If you say, dealt Hamilton for a true 1st line FWD like a ROR or a Marner, you would still have Fox and Ferland to deal in a seperate trade, perhaps bundled with something else for a top 4 Dman. But maybe Dougie ultimately just didn't have that kind of value.
At first I was appalled by the trade, but only because it was first reported as DH for EL+NH. Then Fox and Ferland were suddenly there and I'm wondering when the draft pick from Carolina is being announced.
After a day to think about it, I think DH just didn't have the type of bananas trade value that was being proclaimed by many on this site. It was a fair trade, both gave to get. DH obviously had to go and this was the best trade out there. Not much you can do about that. At least BT didn't 'Phaneuf' this trade all to hell. That's a positive.